Women's Heart Health

Genetically predicted major depression may present in women, but not men, with increased risk for arrhythmia disorders, coronary artery disease and heart failure, and risk may vary based on menopausal status, researchers reported.

In part one of a three-part Healio exclusive series, experts discussed the need for clinical guidance and evidence for the use of AI to improve cardiovascular outcomes.

WASHINGTON — Women with symptomatic severe aortic stenosis had better 1-year outcomes after transcatheter aortic valve replacement vs. surgery, according to a pooled analysis of only women in the PARTNER 3 low-risk and RHEIA trials.

BOSTON — In this Healio video exclusive, Martha Gulati, MD, MS, FACC, FAHA, FASPC, discusses her presentation at the Cardiometabolic Health Congress, “How to Improve Cardiovascular Outcomes in Women.”

In this Healio video exclusive, Sana M. Al-Khatib, MD, professor of medicine at Duke University School of Medicine, discusses barriers to developing cardiovascular digital health solutions for women.

Women with obesity and atherosclerotic CVD without diabetes experience fewer CV events vs. men enrolled in the SELECT trial; however, semaglutide was linked to significant reductions in CV events regardless of sex, a speaker reported.

Optimal heart health during the first trimester of pregnancy was associated with lower risk for hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, a speaker reported.

CHICAGO — The presence of breast arterial calcifications on routine mammograms may signal increased risk for atherosclerotic CVD later in life, according to research presented at the Annual Meeting of The Menopause Society.

Women with symptomatic severe aortic stenosis had better outcomes at 1 year after transcatheter aortic valve replacement with a balloon-expandable valve compared with women who underwent surgery, according to new data from the RHEIA trial.

A single combined measure of three modifiable biomarkers in healthy women at midlife was predictive of 30-year risk for future cardiovascular events, according to new research presented at the European Society of Cardiology Congress.